Thursday, February 14, 2013
EXPANSION EVENTS 2012 (VIDEO)
A slideshow of 2012 expansion events. Details of glue paintings by William Loveless.
Music by Bob Jones. http://www.bobjonesart.com/
Monday, February 11, 2013
BINARY TRIPTYCH
Binary -
Consisting of two
Involving a relationship between two alternatives
A whole composed of two
Triptych -
A set of three panels side by side bearing pictures or the like
Each module of this triptych is composed of two color sets - the first set being two vertical rows on the left in which dominant hues are arranged in a consecutive order. The dominant hues are repeated in the second two rows with different formulas to make an alternate pair.
This strategy allows for maximum optical variety while setting up a resonance between the pairs that unifies the individual modules and sets up a rhythm carrying through the triptych as a whole.
(Click on the image to enlarge.)
Complicated to explain; and that's why i suppose they say a picture is worth quite a few words....
As of this writing, this set of paintings is available through Fresh Paint Art in Culver City, CA.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
KING'S COURT STRATEGY
The King's Court Strategy places the lightest hue (yellow) at the center of the grid surrounded by four symmetrical (mirrored) quadrants of attendant color formulas.
In the overall composition the hues also progress from the center outward both in value (light to dark) and in temperature (warm to cool).
The fact that the individual formulas are the same within each quadrant allows the viewer to compare the variations identical formulas can produce. They are the same but not the same. They are the offspring of identical parents but grow in their own way and establish their own sibling identities.
A study for a much larger work yet to come.
As of this writing, this piece is available through Fresh Paint Art, Culver City, CA.
Next post: What the hell is a BINARY TRIPTYCH??
Friday, February 1, 2013
THE ALL-BLACK
It appears simple enough - minimal and austere, even. Yet it's taken years of testing and research just to get this tiny variety of successful black formulas - they've remained the most elusive.
I've always hoped to eventually produce an all-black piece like this because of its elegant graphic quality and the emphasis it places on pattern rather than color - a switch from my usual work where color dominates.
Though modest in scale and discrete in its allure, it is a key work and something of a milestone in my repertoire. And so far, unique.
As of this writing, this piece is available through The Red Arrow Gallery in Joshua Tree, CA.
Next post: The King's Court Strategy....
Friday, January 25, 2013
FRUITS OF ENDEAVOR (VARIETY)
By arranging individual expansion-event pieces (see previous post) I arrived at a possible combination of effects as different from each other as they could be in both color and pattern. The next step is creating the actual piece, and this takes the endeavor to a new level of difficulty.
Making a multi-event glue painting like this is a complex process that tests my skill, nerves, and luck simultaneously. It is in many ways a "performance" that must take place within a limited window of time and must be executed flawlessly since the process is not correctable due to the translucency of the surface (I really have to enter a certain mental zone, like an athlete, when i begin).
The formulas have known characteristics but are not 100% predictable in the way will behave once they begin to expand. Even if the drops of color media are skillfully combined in a central pinpoint of their circular pools, all environmental conditions (temperature, humidity, atmospheric pessure, etc.) must be optimal for their flowering to be fortuitous.
It will be many hours until the results are known (they continue expanding for hours), in which time all i can do is hope for the best.
When the final result is as attractive as the example above, I'm not only relieved, but thankful and amazed.
As of this writing, the painting pictured above is available through The Red Arrow Gallery in Joshua Tree, CA.
Next post: The ALL-BLACK - - most research-intensive project of them all.
Monday, January 21, 2013
SINGLES COMING STEADY
Since each "expansion event" is the result of two "parent" drops of color media being combined in a liquid "womb" to produce a unique offspring, it's fitting that they should be allowed their own individual existence as separate entities. Thus "single-event" glue paintings are born.
Soon after the most promising formula tests are compiled (see previous post for one example) I begin creating single expansion-event paintings on 3.5" square blocks of wood. Besides the focus it allows the product of each formula, the modular nature of each block allows me to utilize them in planning larger multi-event pieces by arranging them in various combinations on my work table and noting formula numbers within grids. This is where research meets design.
Next Post - the fruits of this endeavor.....
Saturday, June 2, 2012
GLUE SEASON 2012 BEGINS
This piece will function as a key for reference during the 2012 season as more compositions are planned from these formulas.
This is also a test of the new "color block" strategy for composition, in which related hues are grouped together on the grid.
First glue painting of 2012.
#1201 (Color Block Strategy), 24"h x 18"w. Ink and watercolor suspended in polyvinyl resin glue.
(Click on image to enlarge)
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